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Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?
January, 27, 2014
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By Joe Kaiser | ESPN.com
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Toronto point guard Kyle Lowry continues to be one of the more intriguing players who could be moved prior to the NBA's Feb. 20 trade deadline.

Lowry is set to become an unrestricted free agent after the season and, not too long ago, appeared to be a good bet to be traded this season. But that changed after the Raptors started to play so well in the weeks that followed the Rudy Gay trade. Where do things stand today, with Toronto (22-21) currently a game behind Atlanta for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race? Here's the latest.

ESPN's Marc Stein reports on Monday that the sense around the league remains that Toronto is more likely to trade Lowry than keep him, because the Raptors want to prevent losing him for nothing.

So what's stopping a deal from going down? Even if the Raptors are intent on trading Lowry, one issue is the lack of a market. Few contending teams are in dire need for point guard help, and at this point none are interested enough to part with much. Stein notes: "Issue here hasn't changed: No team out there willing YET to meet Raps' asking price for PG who, nice as he's playin, can bolt in free agency."

I wrote about this back in early December, speculating at the time that Miami, Indiana, Golden State and Memphis were the four contenders that made the most sense for Lowry. But since then, the Heat acquired Toney Douglas, the Warriors added Jordan Crawford and the Grizzlies dealt for Courtney Lee.

Might Lowry be piece that gets the Pacers over the top? If the point guard is in fact traded sometime over the next 24 days, Indiana may now be the likeliest landing spot.

Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

I am under the impression the Raptors are trying to clean house and build for the future despite leading the Atlantic division....but if they want to trade for assets while not taking back significant long-term salary....we have no one that can fit that bill. Does Lowry make sense for the Pacers? Sure, more depth...the better.....he'd be an upgrade to CJ and many here think the GH is overpaid ( and have no problem jettisoning him out the nearest airlock for a bag of chips ). But what would be the cost for the Pacers? Would the Raptors even want GHs ( overpaid to some ) contract?

I'd be interested in why this guy thinks that the Pacers would be a possible landing place for Lowry.

Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

He's expiring, so he'd likely want a raise to keep him next year, and we're scraping for every penny for Lance. Cope & CJ? not enough, I'd think. You could let him walk and then have more money for Lance, with Cope gone, but is Sloan then your backup PG next year?

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Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

This would be Riverboat Larry. If he traded Hill for Lowry, Larry is banking on being able to re-sign Lowry and Lance for pretty nice deals or else the team is in trouble at the point guard position from now on. I really doubt it happens, but Lowry at point guard would make us a better team.

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Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

I'm not a fan of Lowry. I don't think this deal has any real shot of happening because I don't see us having the assets to get him, but he's been kind of a diva in his previous stops. Up until this season, he has had a history of being given the reigns as the starter only to lose them to his backup at some point. I've read some not so flattering stories about his locker room demeanor as well. And again, why mess with something that is working so well? Just doesn't add up to me.

Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

Lowry is turning it on this season because its a contract year. Last time Lowry turned it on....it was also a contract year. No thanks, which is a shame because when he has it turned on like this he one heck of a player. He is also injury prone.

Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

I'd give them George Hill for him, and if Lowry walks in the offseason, that at least clears a big chunk of money off our capspace giving us more wiggle room. Lowry's clearly the superior player, but they might prefer the fact that Hill's locked up long-term considering the article mentions Toronto's worries over losing Lowry for nothing is their reason for wanting to deal him.

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Don't need Hill to go to Toronto, he can go to a 3rd team that has the assets Toronto is looking for.

I don't want to see Hill traded or any of the starters right now. We need Hill and his 3pt shooting. But this summer might be a different story. Have to cross that bridge when we get there.

Not to argue in favor of this trade or nothing, but isn't Lowry a comparable 3 shooter? I don't think we would lose out in the scoring department by swapping Hill for Lowry. Defensively though? And isn't Lowry fairly injury prone?

Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

Not to argue in favor of this trade or nothing, but isn't Lowry a comparable 3 shooter?

Only this season. Lowry is shooting 39.5% from 3 this year while Hill is at 39.7%.

Career-wise, they are not close at all, though. Lowry is at 34.8% while Hill is at 37.6%. Hill's worst was 32.9% in his rookie year. Lowry's worst was 25.5% in his 3rd year and he has had 3 seasons below 30%.

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Re: ESPN Insider: Do Pacers have best shot at Lowry?

I dont think Larry has any interest at all in Lowry..I do however think he would like to do a Copeland for Kaman trade...

The Lakers are gearing up for a huge free agent shopping spree in the offseason. Despite Kaman doing very little in LaLaLand....the last thing that the Lakers want to do is have what we currently are trying to get rid of.....Copeland's $3 mil 2014-2015 salary on their books.